Her Return, His Regret
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Her eyes were red, her hair a tangled mess of silk and sorrow.
“You did this to yourself,” she whispered bitterly. “You fell in love with a man made of ice.”
But even as she said it, something flickered deep inside her — small, fragile, but alive.
He thinks he can break me, she thought, clutching the edge of the dresser until her knuckles turned white. He thinks I’ll take whatever coldness he gives.
A tear slid down her cheek, but her lips curved in quiet defiance.
“One day, Ethan knight,” she murmured, voice trembling yet fierce. “I’ll melt your ice. And when that day comes, you’ll remember the night you turned your back on me.”